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Agdistis heydeni

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis heydeni is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 19 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Bulgaria.

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Quick facts about Agdistis heydeni

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
19 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis heydeni live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Agdistis heydeni is listed for 19 countries.

FranceIsraelLebanonTunisiaAlgeriaJordanSyriaPolandHungaryBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaPortugalSpainItalyCyprusMoroccoLibya
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Cyprus
  5. France
  6. Greece
  7. Hungary
  8. Israel
  9. Italy
  10. Jordan
  11. Lebanon
  12. Libya
  13. Morocco
  14. Poland
  15. Portugal
  16. Spain
  17. Syria
  18. Tunisia
  19. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis heydeni endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Agdistis heydeni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis heydeni (Zeller, 1852)

Synonyms Adactyla heydeni, Agdistis excurata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis heydeni

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis heydeni live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis heydeni for 19 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus and France. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis heydeni?

Agdistis heydeni (Agdistis heydeni) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Agdistis heydeni (Agdistis heydeni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-heydeni

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“Agdistis heydeni (Agdistis heydeni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-heydeni.

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_heydeni_2026,
  title = {Agdistis heydeni (Agdistis heydeni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-heydeni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}